20 November 2015 CAP Simplification – Nov ’15 The EU Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, has set out his plans for simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy, and especially the Basic...
19 November 2015 Energy Policy The Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Amber Rudd, has set out the Government's future vision for energy policy in the...
19 November 2015 DEFRA Budget Cuts It seems likely that DEFRA's budget will reduce by over a quarter in the next four years. Precise details will be...
18 November 2015 Renewed Appoval Expected for Glyphosate EU Food Safety watchdog, EFSA, has found that glyphosate, the world's most widely-used weed killer, is 'unlikely to cause cancer'. ...
18 November 2015 Future of Beet Growing There is likely to be increased flexibility in sugar beet contracts following the end of EU sugar beet quotas in...
18 November 2015 Part BPS Payments in Scotland Scottish farmers will receive BPS payments in December - but only part of them. The Scottish Government has announced that the...
17 November 2015 Dairy Aid Payments The RPA has announced it has started making the aid payments due as part of the EU dairy support package (see...
17 November 2015 Superlevy Provisional data from the European Commission reports twelve countries were over quota for the milk year 2014-15 and will have to...
17 November 2015 Bovine TB Study The results of a study into Bovine TB suggests that larger herds, growing maize, feeding silage and fewer hedgerows on...
17 November 2015 Global Dairy Production and Prices AHDB Dairy has reported milk production in the five main exporting regions, EU, US, NZ, Australia and Argentina, is finally...
11 November 2015 Farm Profits Fall Most sectors of agriculture saw profits fall in 2014/15 compared to the previous year. This is according to the latest...
11 November 2015 English Entitlement Values The Rural Payments Agency has announced Basic Payment Scheme entitlement values for 2015. The estimated payment in the Lowland region...
6 November 2015 Glastir Advanced Opens Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the Glastir Advanced will open between 9th November and 4th December. This round will be...
6 November 2015 GDT Falls Again The volatility in global dairy markets continues. The index of GDT auction prices fell 7.4% at the 3rd November event. This...
5 November 2015 National Parks Extended Extensions to the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks have been approved. The Dales area will grow by 24% to the north and...
5 November 2015 Game Fair to Continue Following the withdrawal of the CLA, new backers have been found for the Game Fair. The, as yet un-named organisation,...
5 November 2015 Tesco CoP Pricing Retained The UK's largest retailer, Tesco, will continue to purchase much of its milk under a cost-of-production pricing formula. This comes...
5 November 2015 Agrimetrics Centre Opens A new Agrimetrics Centre has opened at the Rothamsted Research site in Hertfordshire. Its aim is to use 'big data'...
5 November 2015 First Milk Results First Milk's financial results will make unpleasant reading for its farmer suppliers. In the year to 31st March 2015 the...
5 November 2015 BPS Payment Update – Nov ’15 'The RPA has once again made assurances that BPS payments will begin in December with the 'majority' being paid before...
3 November 2015 Meat Market Update Cattle The beef market made a strong recovery throughout June and July as the supply and demand balance swung back...
3 November 2015 October Arable Update UK wheat production of over 16 million tonnes, imports of 1.2 million tonnes (as usual), carry-over stocks about a million...
30 October 2015 MEPs Rejects GM Import Ban A large majority of MEPs have voted against the EU Commission's plans to allow Member States to impose national bans...
30 October 2015 CAP Simplification Plans EU Farm Commissionee, Phil Hogan, has stated that he is open to assessing more than just the EFA Greening measures...
